United States Senate elections, 1940 and 1941

November 5, 1940^[1]

32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate
49 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Alben Barkley	Charles McNary
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Kentucky	Oregon
Seats before	69	24
Seats won	66	27
Seat change	2	3
Popular vote	19,715,831	19,831,926
Percentage	47.5%	47.8%
Seats up	23	7
Races won	21	10

	Third party	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Farmer–Labor	Progressive	Independent
Seats before	1	1	1
Seats won	0	1	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	310,875^[2]	605,609	?
Percentage	25.7%^[2]	1.5%	?
Seats up	1	1	0
Races won	0	1	0

Results including special elections
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Progressive hold

Majority Leader before election

Alben Barkley
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Alben Barkley
Democratic

The United States Senate elections of 1940^[1] coincided with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to his third term as President.

Although Roosevelt was re-elected, support for his administration had dropped somewhat after eight years, and the Republican opposition gained three seats from the Democrats. However, the New Dealers regained firm control of both the US House of Representative and US Senate because Progressives dominated the election.^[3] The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party also disappeared from the Senate, as Henrik Shipstead joined the Republican party and Ernest Lundeen had died during the preceding term.

Gains and losses

Republicans had a net gain of three seats in the general election, plus one more in a November special election.

Three came from wins over Democrats:

Indiana: First-term Democrat Sherman Minton narrowly lost to Republican Raymond E. Willis.
Nebraska: First-term Democrat Edward R. Burke lost renomination to R. L. Cochran, who then lost the general election to Republican Hugh Butler.
Ohio: First-term Democrat A. Victor Donahey retired and was replaced by Republican Harold H. Burton.

Republicans picked up a seat from Farmer–Labor when an incumbent changed party:

Minnesota: Three-term Farmer–Labor Henrik Shipstead was re-elected, but changed party to Republican.

Democrats did win one seat from a Republican:

Delaware: Two-term Republican John G. Townsend, Jr. lost to Democrat James M. Tunnell.

Also, in a special election, Republicans gained an additional seat from the Democrats:

Illinois: Democratic interim appointee James M. Slattery lost to Republican C. Wayland Brooks.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

D₅₈ Ran	D₅₇ Ran	D₅₆ Ran	D₅₅ Ran	D₅₄ Ran	D₅₃ Ran	D₅₂ Ran	D₅₁ Ran	D₅₀ Ran
		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇ Ran	D₄₈ Ran
Majority →									D₄₉ Ran
D₅₉ Ran	D₆₀ Ran	D₆₁ Ran	D₆₂ Ran	D₆₃ Ran	D₆₄ Ran	D₆₅ Ran	D₆₆ Ran	D₆₇ Ran	D₆₈ Retired
R₁₉ Ran	R₂₀ Ran	R₂₁ Ran	R₂₂ Ran	R₂₃ Ran	R₂₄ Retired	FL₁ Ran	P₁ Ran	I₁	D₆₉ Retired
R₁₈ Ran	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Result of the general elections

D₅₈ Re-elected	D₅₇ Re-elected	D₅₆ Re-elected	D₅₅ Re-elected	D₅₄ Re-elected	D₅₃ Re-elected	D₅₂ Re-elected	D₅₁ Re-elected	D₅₀ Re-elected
		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇ Re-elected	D₄₈ Re-elected
Majority →									D₄₉ Re-elected
D₅₉ Re-elected	D₆₀ Re-elected	D₆₁ Re-elected	D₆₂ Re-elected	D₆₃ Hold	D₆₄ Hold	D₆₅ Hold	D₆₆ Hold	D₆₇ Gain	I₁
R₁₉ Re-elected	R₂₀ Re-elected	R₂₁ Re-elected	R₂₂ Hold	R₂₃ Hold	R₂₄ Gain	R₂₅ Gain	R₂₆ Gain	R₂₇ Gain	P₁ Re-elected
R₁₈ Re-elected	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Result of the special elections

		D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈
D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁	D₁₀	D₉
D₁₉	D₂₀	D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈
D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁	D₃₀	D₂₉
D₃₉	D₄₀	D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈
Majority →									D₄₉ Appointee elected
D₅₈	D₅₇	D₅₆	D₅₅	D₅₄	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁	D₅₀
D₅₉	D₆₀	D₆₁	D₆₂	D₆₃	D₆₄	D₆₅	D₆₆	I₁	P₁
R₁₉	R₂₀	R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆ Appointee elected	R₂₇ Hold	R₂₈ Gain
R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁	R₁₀	R₉
		R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈

Key:

D_#	Democratic
FL_#	Farmer–Labor
P_#	Progressive
R_#	Republican
I_#	Independent
V_#	Vacant

Race summaries

Special elections during the 76th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1940 or before January 3, 1941; ordered by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Idaho (Class 2)	John W. Thomas	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (Special) 1932 (Lost) 1940 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 5, 1940.	√ John W. Thomas (Republican) 53.0% Glen H. Taylor (Democratic) 47.1%
Illinois (Class 2)	James M. Slattery	Democratic	1939 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election to finish term. New senator elected November 5, 1940. Republican gain.	√ C. Wayland Brooks (Republican) 50.1% James M. Slattery (Democratic) 49.6%
Kentucky (Class 2)	Happy Chandler	Democratic	1939 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 5, 1940.	√ Happy Chandler (Democratic) 58.3% Walter B. Smith (Republican) 41.7%
Vermont (Class 3)	Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.	Republican	1940 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1940. Republican hold.	√ George D. Aiken (Republican) 61.6% Herbert B. Comings (Democratic) 38.4%

Races leading to the 77th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1941; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arizona	Henry F. Ashurst	Democratic	1912 1916 1922 1928 1934	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Ernest W. McFarland (Democratic) 71.6% I. A. Jennings (Republican) 28.0% A. Walter Gehres (Prohibition) 0.4%
California	Hiram W. Johnson	Republican	1916 1922 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hiram W. Johnson (Republican) 82.5% Fred Dyster (Prohibition) 13.5% Anita Whitney (Communist) 3.6%
Connecticut	Francis T. Maloney	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Francis T. Maloney (Democratic) 53.2% Paul L. Cornell (Republican) 45.7%
Delaware	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	1928 1934	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ James M. Tunnell (Democratic) 50.6% John G. Townsend, Jr. (Republican) 47.3% William F Allen (Liberal Democratic) 2.1%
Florida	Charles O. Andrews	Democratic	1936 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Charles O. Andrews (Democratic) Unopposed
Indiana	Sherman Minton	Democratic	1934	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Raymond E. Willis (Republican) 50.5% Sherman Minton (Democratic) 49.1% Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition) 0.3% John H. Kingsbury (Socialist) 0.1%
Maine	Frederick Hale	Republican	1916 1922 1928 1934	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Ralph O. Brewster (Republican) 58.6% Louis J. Brann (Democratic) 41.3%
Maryland	George L. P. Radcliffe	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George L. P. Radcliffe (Democratic) 64.7% Harry W. Nice (Republican) 33.5%
Massachusetts	David I. Walsh	Democratic	1926 (Special) 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ David I. Walsh (Democratic) 55.6% Henry Parkman, Jr. (Republican) 42.8%
Michigan	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Republican	1928 (Appointed) 1928 (Special) 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arthur H. Vandenberg (Republican) 52.7% Frank Fitzpatrick (Democratic) 47.0%
Minnesota	Henrik Shipstead	Farmer–Labor	1922 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected as a Republican. Republican gain.	√ Henrik Shipstead (Republican) 53.0% Elmer Austin Benson (Farmer–Labor) 25.7% John E. Regan (Democratic) 20.6%
Mississippi	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) Unopposed
Missouri	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harry S. Truman (Democratic) 51.2% Manvel H. Davis (Republican) 48.7% W. F. Rinck (Socialist) 0.1% Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor) 0.01%
Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Democratic	1922 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Burton K. Wheeler (Democratic) 73.4% E. K. Cheadle (Republican) 26.6%
Nebraska	Edward R. Burke	Democratic	1934	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Hugh Butler (Republican) 57.0% R. L. Cochran (Democratic) 41.5%
Nevada	Key Pittman	Democratic	1913 (Special) 1916 1922 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected. Winner died November 10, 1940 and Berkeley L. Bunker (D) was appointed both to finish the term and to start the next term.	√ Key Pittman (Democratic) 60.5% Samuel Platt (Republican) 39.5%
New Jersey	W. Warren Barbour	Republican	1931 (Appointed) 1932 (Special) 1936 (Lost) 1938 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ W. Warren Barbour (Republican) 55.1% James H. R. Cromwell (Democratic) 44.1%
New Mexico	Dennis Chavez	Democratic	1935 (Appointed) 1936 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dennis Chavez (Democratic) 56.0% Albert K. Mitchell (Republican) 44.1%
New York	James M. Mead	Democratic	1938 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James M. Mead (Democratic) 53.3% Bruce Barton (Republican) 46.7%
North Dakota	Lynn J. Frazier	Republican (Nonpartisan League)	1922 1928 1934	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ William Langer (Republican-NPL) 38.1% William Lemke (Independent) 35.1% Charles V. Vogel (Democratic) 26.5%
Ohio	A. Victor Donahey	Democratic	1934	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Harold H. Burton (Republican) 52.4% John McSweeney (Democratic) 47.6%
Pennsylvania	Joseph F. Guffey	Democratic	1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph F. Guffey (Democratic) 51.8% Jay Cooke (Republican) 47.4%
Rhode Island	Peter G. Gerry	Democratic	1916 1922 1928 (Lost) 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Peter G. Gerry (Democratic) 55.2% James O. McManus (Republican) 44.8%
Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar	Democratic	1916 1922 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kenneth D. McKellar (Democratic) 70.8% Howard H. Baker, Sr. (Republican) 29.2%
Texas	Tom Connally	Democratic	1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tom Connally (Democratic) 94.3% George I. Shannon (Republican) 5.7%
Utah	William H. King	Democratic	1916 1922 1928 (Lost) 1934	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Abe Murdock (Democratic) 62.9% Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr. (Republican) 37.2%
Vermont	Warren R. Austin	Republican	1931 (Special) 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Warren R. Austin (Republican) 66.5% Ona S. Searles (Democratic) 33.6%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1933 (Special) 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harry F. Byrd (Democratic) 93.3
Washington	Lewis B. Schwellenbach	Democratic	1934	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold. Incumbent resigned December 16, 1940. Winner appointed to finish the term.	√ Monrad Wallgren (Democratic) 54.2% Stephen F. Chadwick (Republican) 45.8%
West Virginia	Rush Holt	Democratic	1934	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Harley M. Kilgore (Democratic) 56.3% Thomas Sweeney (Republican) 43.7%
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette Jr.	Progressive	1925 (Special) 1928 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert M. La Follette Jr. (Progressive) 45.3% Fred H. Clausen (Republican) 41.4% James E. Finnegan (Democratic) 13.2%
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1934	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Democratic) 58.7% Milward Simpson (Republican) 41.3%

Elections during the 77th Congress

In these elections, the winners were elected in 1941 after January 3; sorted by election date.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Texas (Class 2)	Andrew Jackson Houston	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee died June 26, 1941. New senator elected August 4, 1941. Democratic hold.	√ W. Lee O'Daniel (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Mississippi (Class 2)	James Eastland	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected September 29, 1941. Democratic hold.	√ Wall Doxey (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
South Carolina (Class 2)	Roger C. Peace	Democratic	1941 (Appointed)	Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1941. Democratic hold.	√ Burnet R. Maybank (Democratic) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Arizona

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1940^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest McFarland	101,495	71.61%
	Republican	Irving A. Jennings, Sr.	39,657	27.98%
	Prohibition	A. Walter Gehres	579	0.41%
Majority			61,838	43.63%
Turnout			141,731
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Connecticut

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1940^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis T. Maloney	416,740	53.15%
	Republican	Paul L. Cornell	358,313	45.70%
	Socialist	Kenneth W. Thurlow	6,557	0.84%
	Socialist Labor	James A. Hutchin	1,343	0,17%
	Communist	Isadore Wofsy	1,114	0,14%
Majority			58,427	12.45%
Turnout			784,067
	Democratic hold

Massachusetts

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1940^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	David I. Walsh	1,088,838	55.64
Republican	Henry Parkman, Jr.	838,122	42.38
Prohibition	George L. Thompson	9,632	0.49
Communist	Philip Frankfeld	9,465	0.48
Socialist	George Lyman Paine	6,876	0.35
Socialist Labor	Horace I. Hillis	4,133	0.21

Missouri

Missouri United States Senate election, 1940^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent)	930,775	51.17
	Republican	Manvel H. Davis	886,376	48.73
	Socialist	W.F. Rinck	1,669	0.09
	Socialist Labor	Theodore Baeff	196	0.01
Total votes			1,819,016	100

Montana

United States Senate election in Montana, 1940^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Burton K. Wheeler (inc.)	176,753	73.43%	+3.29%
	Republican	E. K. Cheadle	63,941	26.57%	-2.17%
Majority			112,812	46.87%	+5.47%
Turnout			240,694
	Democratic hold		Swing

New York

The whole ticket nominated by Democrats and American Laborites was elected.

Democratic ticket		Republican ticket		American Labor ticket		Prohibition ticket
James M. Mead	2,893,407	Bruce Barton	2,868,252	James M. Mead	381,359	Stephen W. Paine	4,944

Pennsylvania

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Joseph F. Guffey (inc.)	2,069,980	51.79%	+1.01%
	Republican	Jay Cooke	1,893,104	47.36%	-0.90%
	Socialist	David H.H. Felix	15,449	0.39%	0.00%
	Prohibition	H. B. Mansell	11,113	0.28%	-0.40%
	Communist	Carl Reeve	4,761	0.12%	-0.09%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Knotek	2,503	0.06%	-0.10%
	N/A	Other	110	0.00%	N/A
Totals			3,997,020	100.00%

Vermont

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1940^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Austin (inc.)	93,283	66.4
	Democratic	Ona S. Searles	47,101	33.6
Total votes			140,384	100

Vermont (Special)

United States Senate special election in Vermont, 1940^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Aiken	87,150	61.6%
	Democratic	Herbert B. Comings	54,263	38.4%
Total votes			141,413	100.0%

Virginia

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1940^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (inc.)	274,260	93.32%	+17.36%
	Independent	Hilliard Berstein	11,159	3.80%
	Independent	Alice Burke	8,250	2.81%
	Write-ins		212	0.07%	+0.05%
Majority			263,101	89.53%	+34.50%
Turnout			293,881
	Democratic hold

References

1 2 There was a general election September 9, 1940 in Maine and special elections in August, September, and November 1941
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849318,00.html
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1 2 "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

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